Warwick Raiders Sports

PD XC Championships

The Peninsula District Championship meet was held yesterday at an extremely wet and muddy Newport News Park.  Bethel's William Brown won the individual boys race (16:29) for the 2nd year in a row and Gloucester won the boys team championship for the 4th time in the past 5 years.  Gloucester's Elisabeth Drake won the girls race in the slowest winning time (20:51) in more than a decade, while Kecoughtan won the girls team championship to break Gloucester's streak of 6 in a row.  With their boys championship yesterday, Gloucester now has 8 PD titles to their credit, 3rd on the all-time list behind Denbigh and Menchville.  Scarily, Gloucester's top 5 runners are all juniors, so they quickly become the favorite for the 2011 season.  Kecoughtan's team title was its first girls championship ever.

In the boys race, Menchville's Graham Wilson took second and Warwick's Desmond Fogg took 4th to split up Gloucester's Speray twins Kevin (3rd) and Eric (5th).   Brown led from start to finish, with Wilson making a strong push at the end but falling a bit short.  Kecoughtan, Bethel, and Warwick finshed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the team race yesterday; the top 4 teams and 15 individuals advance to next week's Eastern Region Championship at Bell's Mill Park in Chesapeake.

In the girls race, Bethel's Tori Lewis-Johnson took 2nd and Gloucester's Morganne Roundy took 3rd.  The Kecoughtan girls swept spots 4-7, led by Victoria Worrall and Ariel Smith.  Gloucester, Bethel, and Menchville advance along with Kecoughtan to the Eastern Region meet, along with the top 15 individuals.  This was one of the weakest girls fields in recent memory, but that takes nothing away from Kecoughtan's absolute domination.  Kecoughtan had the 2nd-lowest (aka best) winning score since 2000 with their 33-point mark.

Quotes from winning individuals, teams, and coaches will hopefully come by the end of the weekend.

Boys Basketball Fall League Update

The Warwick boys beat Green Run 46-21 to advance out the of the first round of the playoffs, but narrowly lost to Nansemond River 42-39 to end their fall season.  Nansemond River went on to take second in the tournament behind Kings Fork, who knocked off Norcom in the 2nd round.  Warwick's JV boys entered their playoff as the 5th and final seed, but advanced all the way to the title game by beating Norview 36-33 and Woodside 47-46.  The JV boys lost to Green Run 41-39 in the final.  Congrats to all of the league's participants on a great fall season!

Cardon Johnson

The Daily Press' Dave Johnson did a nice article on Cardon Johnson today that can be found here.

Johnson points out that Johnson will become Warwick's first 1000-yard rusher since Lonnie Starks in 2002 if he gains 109 yards total in his last 2 games.  For the new-school Warwick fans out there, Lonnie was one of the best all-around athletes to ever come through Warwick.  Starks was a 6'6" high-jumper who only stood about 5'9".  Lonnie won the indoor and outdoor Peninsula District championship in the high jump his senior year and took 3rd at the VHSL AAA state indoor meet that year as well.  Lonnie also had a few 21+ feet long jumps to his credit.

Field Hockey

The All-Peninsula District field hockey teams were announced today and three Raiders ladies received honors for their play this season.  Elizabeth Hubbard was a second team selection for the midfield position, Robin Roston was a second team selection as a goalie, and Anne Marie Lindemann was named to the honorable mention team.  Congrats to these young ladies on a job well done this season!

10/26 Updates

-In girls volleyball, the Raiders won their final regular season match against Menchville 25-23, 26-24, 25-23.

-The boys volleyball team lost their final regular season match to Menchville 25-23, 25-19, 20-25, 25-19.

Warwick 42, Denbigh 20

22 carries, 278 yards, 4TDs.  Not a bad night for sophomore running back Cardon Johnson.  On a brisk fall night at a fairly empty Todd Stadium, Johnson put on quite a show with his touchdown runs of 8, 9, 2, and 61 yards.  When Johnson had over 100 yards with 4 minutes left in the 1st quarter, the stage was set for a special night on the field.  Whenit was over, Warwick (4-4, 4-3 PD) had trounced Denbigh 44-20.  Johnson now has 12 touchdowns and 891 yards on the year.

10/22 Update

-The Warwick field hockey team lost to Kecoughtan 3-0 and Gloucester 7-0 this week to fall to 4-12, 2-7 in the PD.

-The boys volleyball team lost to Denbigh on Wednesday 25-21, 25-13, 25-22.

-The girls volleyball team beat Denbigh on Wednesday to move to 6-3 on the year.  The score was 25-21, 25-16, 19-25, 25-16.

-The Warwick boys cross country team, led by a 1-2 finish from Javon Walker and Myles Spivey, beat Woodside on Wednesday by a score of 23-38.  The team finished the regular season 2-3.  The girls lost to Woodside 26-30 despite a 1-2 finish by Eliza Lavery and Olivia Abbott.  The girls finished 0-5 on the season.  Next up is the Peninsula District Championships on Thursday at Newport News Park.

-Warwick boys basketball won its final two regular season games in the Boo Williams Fall League, defeating York 54-47 and Green Run 56-45.  The boys finished 2nd in the East Division behind defending AAA state champion Norcom.  Warwick faces Green Run again at 7:15pm  on Wednesday the 27th in the first round of the playoffs.  If Warwick wins, they will face either Woodside or Nansemond River at 8:15pm.  Semifinals and finals are held on Thursday the 28th.  The JV team is seeded 5th in the playoffs and faces 4th-seeded Norview in a 6:30 play-in game on Wednesday the 27th. 

Boys Basketball Fall League Update

After 8 games in the Boo Williams Fall League, Warwick's boys have a 6-2 record and sit in 2nd place in the East division, trailing only the defending AAA state champs from Norcom.  October 20th games against York and Green Run close out the "regular season" and the playoffs begin on October 27th.  Both losses came on the same night (September 29th) against Tallwood and Norcom.  Warwick has defeated Landstown, Grafton, Nansemond River, Cape Henry, Deep Creek, and Heritage.

Thanks to Coach Ben Moore for the updates!  Best of luck to the Raider boys in their remaining games and in the playoffs.  I'll keep you posted on the results.

10/16 Update

-Behind 12 saves by Robin Roston and 4 goals from Elizabeth Hubbard, Warwick's field hockey team beat Phoebus 5-1 on Friday, taking their record to 4-10, 2-5 PD.  The JV team earned a 2-0 victory.

-Members of the cross country teams competed in the Milestat.com Invitational in Richmond on Saturday.  Desmond Fogg led the Raiders with his 7th place finish in the Varsity B race.  Fogg ran 16:52 to match his best time of the year.  Javon Walker also had a great race, running 17:59. 

-The Raiders football team defeated Heritage in our homecoming game on a beautiful afternoon at Todd Stadium.   A 29-yard TD pass from Donnell Staton to Charles Davis put the Raiders up early.  28 points were scored in the 2nd quarter to put the Raiders ahead 35-0 at the half.  David Smith, who ran 2nd leg on the District-champion 4x800m relay team last outdoor track season, took a carry 79 yards from the score.  Staton then connected with Devon Asbury for a 15-yard touchdown pass.  Cardon Johnson scored his first of two touchdowns on a 23-yard run and Staton threw his third TD pass of the afternoon (a 62-yard pass to Eric Poindexter) to close out the half.  In the second half, Johnson went 1 yard for his second score.  The Raiders finished with 106 yards through the air and 264 yards on the ground on 31 carries.  Warwick moves to 3-4 overall and 3-3 in the PD.  Next up is an "away" game against Denbigh on Friday night at Todd Stadium.

10/14 Update

-Despite a goal from Caitlin Shipman and 21 saves by goalie Robin Roston, the Raiders field hockey girls fell to Bethel 2-1 on Monday.  The Raiders are now 3-10 overall and 1-5 in the PD.

-Both the girls and boys cross country teams lost to Kecoughtan on Wednesday.  The boys lost 22-35, moving to 1-3 on the year.  Desmond Fogg won his third race of the year, running a personal-best 16:52.  This is the fastest time by a Warwick runner since the 2003 season.  Myles Spivey, Javon Walker, Deshonte Parker, Darius Williams, Dallas Bevins, Kenny Hancock, Luke Whitesides, Wade Hodson, Desmond Green, and Jack Tartala all ran personal bests for the Raiders.  The girls lost 19-40, moving to 0-4 on the year.  Eliza Lavery led the Raiders with her 3rd place finish, while Olivia Barnes, Ty Daniels, Anna Wahlstrom, and Amanda Seiken all PRed on the Gosnold's Hope Park course.